23.0060.04000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1225
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Vetter, Brandenburg, Dyk, Fegley, Klemin, Louser, Steiner, Vigesaa
Senators Bekkedahl, Kreun, Meyer, Myrdal
1 A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the tax commissioner for the development of an
2 online portal for electronically accessible statewide property information and property tax
3 information.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - ONLINE TAX PORTAL - ONE-TIME FUNDING.
6 1. There is appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not
7 otherwise appropriated, the sum of $424,000, or so much of the sum as may be
8 necessary, to the tax commissioner for the purpose of developing an online portal or
9 promulgating online access for electronically accessible statewide property information
10 and property tax information based on county geographic information system data and
11 electronic property information, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
12 June 30, 2025. Of the funding provided in this section, $130,000 is considered a
13 one-time funding item.
14 2. The online portal must:
15 a. Integrate with a computer-assisted mass appraisal system.
16 b. Use a consistent format to display property and property tax information for all
17 properties.
18 c. Include any available pictures or sketches associated with each property.
19 d. Provide access to property tax estimates based on data from a computer-
20 assisted mass appraisal system.
21 e. Have options to keep exempt and confidential information from being publicly
22 accessible.
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1 f. Allow users to perform basic and advanced searches of property and property tax
2 information, including search options for comparable sales and by property
3 classification for residential, commercial, and agriculture properties.
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